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Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours
de Vreyer, Philippe; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth …. Conditionally on structural characteristics, we find evidence of convergence between municipios and of positive spatial dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707128
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Growth and Technological Leadership in US Industries: A Spatial Econometric Analysis at the State Level, 1963-1997
Pede, Valerien O.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Groot, Henri … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
government, and including a combined sector of totals. The results indicate that none of the sectors exhibits ó-convergence, but … they all show strong evidence of â-convergence with a convergence club pattern that is apparent for the wholesale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038953
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid- 1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884466
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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925-2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555773
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Entrepreneurship,Growth, Regional Growth Regimes
Fritsch, Michael; Kublina, Sandra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We distinguish four types of regional growth regimes based on the type of relationship between new business formation and economic development. The distinguishing characteristics of these regime types are analyzed in order to identify the reasons for different growth performance. Although growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143965
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State Productivity Growth: Catching Up and the Business Cycle
Ball, V. Eldon; San Juan, Carlos; Ulloa, Camilo - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881188
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WHY IS AGRICULTURAL LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY HIGHER IN SOME COUNTRIES THAN OTHERS?
Gutierrez, Luciano - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000
evidence of conditional convergence, which means that cross-country agricultural productivity does not converge to the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005320438
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Income Growth and Mobility of Rural Households in Kenya: Role of Education and Historical Patterns in Poverty Reduction
Mathenge, Mary K.; Tschirley, David L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/26/07.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803207
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Convergence among five industrial countries (1870–1994): Results from a time varying cointegration approach
Le Pen, Yannick - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
that, from the 1980's onwards, we can accept the hypothesis of stochastic convergence between France, Germany and Japan, on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707010
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On modelling convergence clubs
Le Pen, Yannick; Fève, Patrick - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2000
A switching regression approach with imperfect sample separation information is used to determine convergence clubs …. Regime classification allows one to determine which countries belong to the related convergence clubs. Initial per capita GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707200